Dublin Illuminati (DUB)

 

 

 

 

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Team DPs: 0

DUB are rivals to 5 teams.

/ retires.

5/5 MF Den Korsey retires.

6/5 MA Dustin Hopkins retires.

6/5 DF Ikiaki Sa retires.

4/4 DF Hames Jouston retires.

7/2 DF Wenzel Dard retires.

8/1 FW Wedrick Jills retires.

8/1 MF Borey Cojorquez retires.

0/5 GK Billy (200k) signs as an apprentice.

7/5 GK Mump Stichell retires.

4/4 FW Cari Amooper retires.

8/1 DF Talvin Domlinson retires.

 

M	DATE				OPPONENT	COMP
3	Sep 23				The New Saints	SFLSL Cup
4	Sep 26			@	Montevideo Tricolores	SFLSL Cup
5	Sep 27				Sheffield Rovers	SFLSL Cup

M	DATE				OPPONENT	COMP
2	Sep 20	L	0 - 4	@	Sheffield Rovers	SFLSL Cup
1	Sep 19	D	1 - 1		Montevideo Tricolores	SFLSL Cup

 

League History

Seas	Div	Pos	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Manager
1	2	11	22	7	2	13	25	40	23	Brian O'Farrell
2	2	3	22	12	6	4	37	21	42	Brian O'Farrell
3	1	9	22	9	3	10	36	37	30	Brian O'Farrell
4	1	8	22	7	5	10	30	39	26	Brian O'Farrell
5	1	12	22	4	4	14	28	60	16	Simon Compton
6	2	3	22	13	4	5	58	40	43	Simon Compton
7	2	1	12	9	1	2	24	13	28	Simon Compton
8	1	10	22	6	3	13	20	38	21	Simon Compton
9	2	2	22	13	4	5	49	25	43	Simon Compton
10	1	6	22	8	5	9	45	56	29	Simon Compton
11	1	11	22	3	6	13	35	57	15	Simon Compton
12	2	3	22	14	4	4	59	32	46	Simon Compton
13	2	1	22	16	3	3	68	23	51	Simon Compton
14	1	2	22	14	3	5	61	32	45	Simon Compton
15	1	3	26	18	0	8	78	34	54	Simon Compton
16	1	4	26	14	4	8	69	50	46	Simon Compton
17	1	11	30	11	4	15	69	78	37	Simon Compton
18	1	11	30	7	8	15	39	66	29	Simon Compton
19	1	10	30	10	4	16	47	61	34	Simon Compton
20	1	14	30	7	8	15	46	65	29	Simon Compton
21	1	9	30	13	4	13	60	63	43	Simon Compton
22	1	12	30	9	7	14	37	50	34	Simon Compton
23	1	15	30	5	7	18	38	68	22	Simon Compton
24	2	1	30	20	4	6	83	33	64	Simon Compton
25	1	11	30	9	8	13	42	54	35	Simon Compton
26	1	6	30	12	7	11	58	63	43	Simon Compton
27	1	16	30	5	2	23	35	81	17	Simon Compton
28	2	4	30	18	3	9	66	32	57	Simon Compton
29	2	1	30	22	4	4	78	24	70	Simon Compton
30	1	8	30	12	4	14	52	50	40	Simon Compton
32	1	7	30	13	3	14	47	42	42	Simon Compton
33	1	6	30	16	4	10	51	31	52	Simon Compton
34	1	5	30	14	8	8	47	31	50	Simon Compton
35	1	5	30	15	8	7	58	34	53	Simon Compton
36	1	8	30	12	6	12	46	50	42	Simon Compton
37	1	16	30	2	6	22	20	79	12	Simon Compton
38	2	4	30	16	8	6	49	26	56	Neil McIlwraith
39	2	1	30	22	5	3	70	18	71	Richard Burnett
40	1	7	26	11	4	11	29	34	37	Richard Burnett
41	1	5	26	14	4	8	57	40	46	Richard Burnett
42	1	3	26	13	8	5	56	34	47	Richard Burnett
43	1	4	26	13	5	8	45	36	44	Richard Burnett
44	1	2	26	17	0	9	51	33	51	Richard Burnett
45	1	1	26	18	2	6	58	25	56	Richard Burnett
46	1	2	26	17	5	4	68	20	56	Richard Burnett
47	1	3	26	17	4	5	69	30	55	Caretaker
48	1	14	26	2	3	21	14	67	9	Caretaker
49	2	8	26	14	1	11	42	27	43	Caretaker

Season 47 Update:

Season 46 Recap:

Objective was to repeat the league win which was a narrow fail. We were quite a bit off and then had a couple unlucky results in the cup so allowed for league concentration so managed to narrow the gap but couldnt quite get the job done. Still lasy 3 seasons weve finished 2nd, 1st and 2nd which isnt to be sniffed at. Aim this season has to be at least a trophy, league would be good again but we'd be happy with a cup.

Operation Wedrick Jills into the DUB hall of fame is still on track. Started the season on 183 games lying in 22nd position all time appearances another strong season of circa 35 games will leave Wills on 218 matches played and in 7th place 20 off the top spot. Draft has been a bit of a bust this year, the 0/8FW was the best of a bad bunch and can do a job for us in defence so weve made the switch. Will be looking for somr ORA type trades to youth the team throughout the season, appear to have been spurned on 1 advance already but will keep trying elsewhere.

Season 46 Update:

Season 45 Recap:

Season 45 Objective - Win the league. Nailed it. When I wrote this I honestly didnt believe we would actually do it, assumed my own incompetence would get the better of me but in a surprising turn of events we got over the hump. Superb.

Season 46 Objectives:

Has to be the repeat, 2 in a row. Squad still looking strong but aging slightly up top. We hit the jackpot with the 0/7FW so at least that will provide some youthful exuberance for this season and next.

Operation Wills into the hall of fame was solid as well, couple of strong cup runs boosting the appearance numbers. 39 games in season 45 gives 146 in total and 48th place in the overall standings. Another strong season of 35+ games will creep up to the top 20. Potentially just outside depending how things go. Well short of the record 108 goals so need some big numbers to get close to that. 
 

Season 45 Update:

Season 44 Recap:

Aim 1 - finish higher in the league (min 3rd) - Done, a distant 2nd.

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Final - ideally Dowson Cup) - fail, managed a semi.

Another season passes us by. 

Season 45 Objective - Win the league.

Can only be this, weve huffed and puffed in the league without sustaining a challenge. Weve promised so much but delievered nothing on the league front so need to overcome my averageness and keep going for the full 26 games.

Operation Wills into the hall of fame had another strong season. 37 more games added to the tally but only 13 goals which needs improved upon. 107 games in total for Wills after 3 seasons puts him 85th in the full Dublin history, most appearances after 3 seasons. Another 30+ season could see Wills reach the top-50. Hopefully with a better goal return.

SEASON 44 UPDATE:

Season 43 Recap:

Aim 1 - finish higher in the league (min 3rd) - nope bottled down to 4th after the league was gone.

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Semi Final - ideally Dowson Cup) - yes, got to a final but got beat

Another non-season for us as my distinct averageness at OLMEC games comes back to haunt me, had a brief dalliance with success but thats long gone now. With our squad we will be there or thereabouts again but only time will tell how much I hold the team back.

 

Season 44 Objectives:

Aim 1 - finish higher in the league (min 3rd)

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Final - ideally Dowson Cup)

Copy and paste job again but both achievable, as I write we are top 5 in both top-11 and top-17 so should be challenging. Our average age doesnt compare well with the other teams at the top of the t-11 and t-17 standings but we do have 6/22, 5/20 and another 5/20 still kicking about the team which whilst adding to at least the t-17 also adds a chunk to the average age. The draftees this season are decent, will certainly replace the veterans well in the squad over the coming seasons.

Operation Stitchell / Wills into the hall of fame was 50/50 at the start of season 43 and I'm pulling the plug on the Stitchell effort, weve nailed the 2 top keepers so it will be a rotation between the 2. Some early season showings at sweeper wont boost the numbers enough for Stitchell. Wills is bouncing along lovely, 70 matches in 2 seasons is on course to take the record, didnt miss a game last season, off the top of my head will have been 38 games played. If we can match that this season then it will look inevitable. In terms of goals its not so positive, next few seasons should be constant 30 SL so will hopefully start banging in the goals more regular.

DAWGPOUND

SEASON 43 Update:

RECAP:

Aim 1 - finish higher in the league (min 4th) - done, got to 3rd but led the league most of the year then OPT flew past us

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Semi Final - ideally Dowson Cup) - crap, 2nd season in a row, really need to work on it this season

Season 42 promised so much but delivered absolutely nothing we led the league for the majority of the season but faded away at the end as OPT went past us at a rate of knots. Cups were crap, so bad I cant really remember much beyond lying down to GD in the Dowson Cup as we failed at concentrating on winning the league.

Season 43 Objectives:

Aim 1 - finish higher in the league (min 3rd)

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Semi Final - ideally Dowson Cup)

Basically just copying and pasting aim 2 each year now in the hope we manage to do something in the cups. Will be tough this season with the SFLSL draw, group of death with GD and ORA, very little upside beyond they have to play us and we arent SXS the very unlucky 4th team in the group. Squad has more depth now and we compare better to the top teams in top-17 rankings but still a bit behind.

Operation Stitchell / Wills into the hall of fame is 50/50, Stitchell barely got a look in beyond his training last season and will continue to share gametime with Grilli. Wills on the other hand is on course for the appearance hall of fame but has a lot of work to do infront of goal, things should improve in the coming seasons as the SL levels rise.

Speaking of hall of fame we had to retire Chick Nubb this season. An auction signing in my first season he was a massive player for me, in his 4 and a half seasons managed 142 games and 38 goals. Managed the 1 hat trick, 1 red card and 5 man of the match awards.

Draft was decent enough again this season 2 high rollers and another failed WG pick. Rather than running the redrafting risk weve gone for a position swap as its a sure thing. Dant Grelpit and Wenzel Dard will be big players for us for seasons to come.

Dawgpound

SEASON 42 Update:

RECAP:

Aim 1 - Finish higher in the league (minimum 6th place) - by the skin of my teeth a 5th place finish

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Semi Final - ideally Dowson Cup) - flacid, didnt get near a semi

Season 41 was a non event for DUB, started with a terrible draft and the match 1 defeat vs FCB set the tone for the season. Result wise the cup started strongly but faded away quickly. Honnie Rarrison pick up in the auctions was the highlight transfer / trade wise, they will be a big player at the back for seasons to come.

Season 42 objectives:

Aim 1 - finish higher in the league (min 4th)

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Semi Final - ideally Dowson Cup)

Season 42 has gotten off to a much better start than 41 did. All 3 draftees scout favourably and will be big players going forward, only slight issue is that they are all age 0 and would have preferred at least one of them to be age 1. We started the season 2nd in terms of top-11 but slightly weaker in terms of top-17, after match 3 we were sitting 5th in that. We are still strong in that but depth is obviously our weakness, the draft will help with that but i'm still keen to get another youngster in an auction.

Due to the scouting of the age 0s this season a long term aim is to get the Mump Stichell and Wedrick Jills into the DUB hall of fame, so far so good with 3 and 4  matches respectively. Long way to go on that one and will require a successful team in order to break some appearance records. Mump's attempts will be hampered by his competition as long with Fernando Grilli we will have one of the strongest GK setups over the next few seasons. 

Dawgpound

SEASON 41:

RECAP:

Aim 1 - Challenge for a Cup (min Semi Final) - WON SFLSL Cup

Aim 2 - Stay in the Top Division - Managed mid table obscurity (7th)

Season 41 Objectives:

Aim 1 - Finish higher in the league (minimum 6th place)

Aim 2 - Challenge for a cup (min Semi Final - ideally Dowson Cup)

Season 40 was a massive success, cememted our position in the top division and went further than challenging for a trophy by winning the SFLSL cup. My historic OLMEC averageness is currently on holidays as thats 2 seasons in a row with a trophy. Everything went just about as hoped last season, we had some poor results against the big guns. Consistently fell short vs ORA, snuck a win vs a depleted GD towards the end of the season and the managed to beat FCB against the run of play in the cup final.

Auctions werent as big a hit this season, picked up a middle aged rotational DF which helped a bit but will only ever be a rotation. This seasons draft has been absolutely atrocious for us, nothing worth writing home about which is going to cause us issues in the near future. We will look to remedy that during the season but much like a real life January transfer window, dealing during the season will be much harder than picking up some high prospect draft picks.

Dawgpound

SEASON 40:

Aim 1 - Challenge for a Cup (min Semi Final)

Aim 2 - Stay in the Top Division

If season 38 was all a failure then season 39 must go down as a great success. Things were looking ropey at the half way point, pretty sure if we werent double figures behind the leader it wasnt far off. We got horsed by The Stallions in the 14th last game of the season and I was tempted to log out of SFLSL and then ignore any email pleas from the commish i.e the OLMEC equivalent of a football manager exit game and dont save. Kept going though initially telling myself it will be to end of season to not ruin the game for anyone but we ended up winning the last 13 matches on the bounce conceding just 2 goals in the process and winning the Div 2 title by 12 points. A definite high point in my OLMEC career which now means I must continue. Pretty sure my total mediocrity will come to the fore again this season for inevitable mid table nothingness.

Speaking of mediocrity our cup adventures werent even that good. Out as early as we possibly could be, definitely a point of improvement required for the new season.

Auctions were once again kind to us and a couple of cheap age 1 recruits have scouted highly so are getting the fully training / coaching treatment. Aooper and Teller will be massive for us for a few seasons to come. Draft hasnt been too bad for us this season. Worst scouting result is still in the high 20s so will go with them for the next few seasons.

This season will be about making sure we can gather enough resources to coach up the players and then gathering enough cash to go again next season. We likely wont have a windfall from a sold discarded draft pick this season so will need to be smart. On the pitch / dice roll the aim of the game is to stay in the top level and do some damage in the cups, ideally not to ourselves.

dawgpound

 

SEASON 39:

Last season was a bit of a failure, on course to challenge for the title then we absolutely bottled it on the run in, in the end folding in the play off game to stay in Division 2. I mean the squad isnt near as good as the teams at the top of Division 1. Would be an absolute massacre if we have to play any of that lot at the moment never mind every week. Squad is in a better place than it was this time last season so hopeful we can sustain a title challenge for the whole season and get promotion.

3 new draft players were positive all in all, number 1 pick jitonio is a massive disappointment but the 2 blind picks more than made up for it as they both scout in the 30s. Mackson and Weller going to be massive players for us over the next few seasons, if im being picky then Weller would be an age 0 but alas we will work with him for 1 year less. Issue this season is going to be ensuring we have enough resources and also generate enough cash for next seasons pre season purchase.

The 2 late season auction picks have added to the depth of the team, Chick Nubb and Wenzel Dard both scout highly and we should really see the benefit of that this season. Peter Withe takes the captains armband, not our highest rated captain option but made the most sense in my head picking Withe as hopefully we can get some early season bonuses for him to make him more useful than sitting at 19. Mid season aging wont work out well for him so the more captains bonuses the better.

This season is all about promotion and improving the top-11 / top-17 for the start of next season to hopefully compete with the big boys!
 

SEASON 38:

For player naming I'm playing off my new found fascination for American Football, going with names of some Cleveland Browns stars (or should that be Bleveland Crowns). They have big squads and lots of turnover each year so should provide plenty of naming possibilities from American Football.

Aim for this season is promotion and hopefully the Division 2 title in the processs. Hopefully my distinct Olmec averageness doesn't get in the way of this.

Dawgpound.

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